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she turned round to open the box, took up the elixir. As soon as she swallowed the elixir, her body floated off the ground, flew out of the window to the heavens. As Chang’e worried about her husband, she just flew to the moon which is the nearest pla from the earth and became the Goddess of moon. In the evening, Hou Yi returned home, the maid cried and told what had happened. Houyi felt shocked and angry, he wanted to kill the rascal, but Peng Meng escaped in earlier time. Hou Yi looked up into the sky distressedly and called the name of his beloved wife. Then he was surprised to find that the moon was especially bright and clear, and there was a swaying figure exactly like his wife. As if Chang’e waited to see her husband every day before the moon. People have heard about the news of the Moon immortality, they furnished incense table in the next month, worshiped the goddess of the moon and pray for good fortune and peace. Since then, the custom of praying to the Moon Goddess in the MidAutumn Festival spread. Chang’E ? Thanksgiving ? On the forth Thursday of November ? The USA, Canada ? Gives thanks to the God ? Families get together and have a big meal (turkey, pumpkin pie) ? Mid –autumn Festival ? On 15th August (lunar calendar) ? China ? In ancient